“Tony Blair and family flew Ryanair to Carcassonne for a recent chateau holiday in south-west France, not far from where Lionel Jospin takes his holidays. And Lord Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, bought a 19th-century retreat in Gascony a few years ago.” Link: Independent Online Edition

“Ryanair has promised to fly two million passengers to Malta within four years and base six aircraft on the island in return for a long-term low-cost deal which the airline claims would “save” Malta’s tourism.” Link: The Times & The Sunday Times, Malta

“Mini-scoop about Ryanair: sometimes is cheaper to book two one-way tickets separately than a round-trip ticket.” Link: www.alfb.net

“Singapore-based low-cost airline Tiger Airways said today it expected passenger numbers to hit 3 million next year as it takes delivery of new aircraft and launches new routes.” Link: New Zealand Herald

“Thousands of British travellers are likely to have lost cash following the collapse of a Scandinavian low-cost airline. Swe Fly, based near Stockholm in Sweden, has stopped flying. Three months ago, it launched flights from Luton and Leeds-Bradford to the Swedish airport of Skavsta, with connections to Lahore in Pakistan. More than 300 passengers who…

“Stranded Ryanair passengers were forced to hire a bus and drive 600 miles home after their flight was cancelled and they were told that the next aircraft out of a small French airport would be in 10 days time.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk

“BRITISH Airways, which for years thrived on trumpeting itself as ‘the world’s favourite airline’, has been hit by perhaps the ultimate ignominy – being overtaken in size by the upstart Irish budget airline Ryanair.” http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id@3448&in_page_id=2